Table 3. ROBINS-I tool for the evaluation of bias.
Author | Confounding | Selection of participants | Classification of interventions | Deviation from intended interventions | Missing data | Measuring outcomes | Selection of the reported result | Overall |
Andersson et al. [19] | Moderate | Moderate | Low | Low | Low | Moderate | Low | Moderate |
Bragg et al. [32] | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Brown et al. [20] | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Cohen et al. [21] | Serious | Moderate | Low | Low | Low | Serious | Low | Serious |
Guo et al. [38] | Low | Moderate | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Moderate |
Fung et al. [22] | Moderate | Moderate | Low | Low | Low | Moderate | Low | Moderate |
Hatch et al. [23] | Moderate | Moderate | Low | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Low | Moderate |
Hu et al. [24] | Moderate | Moderate | Low | Low | Low | Moderate | Low | Moderate |
Leung et al. [33] | Serious | Moderate | Low | Low | Low | Serious | Low | Serious |
Ma et al. [25] | Low | Moderate | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Moderate |
Maserejian et al. [26] | Low | Moderate | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Moderate |
Mirghani et al. [34] | Moderate | Moderate | Low | Low | Low | Moderate | Low | Moderate |
Park et al. [27] | Low | Moderate | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Moderate |
Rebholz et al. [28] | Low | Moderate | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Moderate |
Sakaki et al. [29] | Low | Moderate | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Moderate |
Samman et al. [35] | Low | Moderate | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Moderate |
Schernhammer et al. [30] | Serious | Moderate | Low | Low | Low | Serious | Low | Serious |
Stamates et al. [39] | Low | Moderate | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Moderate |
Sumorok et al. [37] | Low | Moderate | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Moderate |
Vyas et al. [31] | Low | Moderate | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Moderate |
Yu et al. [36] | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |